| In Brazil the finest example of Ayrton Senna’s enduring popularity is neither the numerous streets and highways that carry his name nor the intricate murals of him spray-painted on various neighbourhood walls. It is not the samba school that themed its parade on his career and won this year’s Rio Carnival, nor is it the local media’s relentless rebroadcasting of old interviews. The testament to Senna’s enduring popularity is a patch of worn down grass in the centre of São Paulo’s Morumbi Cemetery. Located between wealthy high-rise apartment blocks and a sprawling favela, a vast circular graveyard that is enveloped in silence and solitude is the burial site of arguably Formula One’s greatest driver. Such is the volume of fans who still visit Senna’s final resting place two decades after his untimely death that the surrounding grass needs to be regularly relaid. To continue reading, click here... |
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